Education for democratic citizenship in Angola: the role of education for citizenship en welfare – a study in the community of Luanda province

Pretendemos caracterizar o perfil sociodemográfico dos encarregados de educação ou pais e comunidade educativa da província de Luanda – Angola; compreendendo-se a importância atribuída à Educação para a Cidadania e os níveis de bem-estar subjetivo. Estudámos uma amostra constituída por 1156 elementos. Como instrumentos de recolha de informação utilizamos um Questionário sociodemográfico e, também, a Escala de Bem-Estar Subjectivo (EBES) de Albuquerque e Tróccoli (2004). Os resultados revelam que os pais e/ou encarregados de educação atribuem importância à educação para a cidadania, considerando o contexto familiar, a igreja e a escola como locais, potencialmente, promotores do desenvolvimento pessoal e escolar das crianças. Os resultados globais de Bem-Estar apresentam valores positivos nas duas subescalas e 4 questões (do questionário da Comunidade) estavam correlacionadas positivamente com o índice de Bem-estar - Sentimentos e Emoções e com o índice de Opinião sobre a própria vida

Electrocardiography in hypertensive patients without cardiovascular events: a valuable predictor tool?

Background. Hypertension is an important risk factor of cardiovascular (CV) disease. An early diagnosis of target organ damage could prevent major CV events. Electrocardiography (ECG) is a valuable clinical technique, with wide availability and high speci city, used in evaluation of hypertensive patients. However, the use of ECG as a predictor tool is controversial given its low sensitivity. is study aims to characterise ECG features in a hypertensive population and identify ECG abnormalities that could predict CV events. Methods. We studied 175 hypertensive patients without previous CV events during a follow-up mean of 4.0 ± 2.20 years. ECGs and pulse wave velocity were performed in all patients. Clinical characteristics and ECG abnormalities were evaluated and compared between the patients as they presented CV events. Results. Considering the 175 patients (53.14% male), the median age was 62 years. Median systolic blood pressure was 140 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure was 78 mmHg. Median PWV was 9.8 m/s. Of the patients, 39.4% were diabetic, 78.3% had hyperlipidaemia, and 16.0% had smoking habits. ECG identi ed left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy in 29.71% of the patients, and a LV strain pattern was present in 9.7% of the patients. Twenty-nine patients (16.57%) had a CV event. Comparative analyses showed statistical signi cance for the presence of a LV strain pattern in patients with CV events (p 0.01). Univariate and multivariate analysis con rmed that a LV strain pattern was an independent predictor of CV event (HR 2.66, 95% IC 1.01–7.00). In the survival analysis, the Kaplan–Meier curve showed a worse prognosis for CV events in patients with a LV strain pattern (p 0.014). Conclusion. ECG is a useful daily method to identify end-organ damage in hypertensive patients. In our study, we also observed that it may be a valuable tool for the prediction of CV events.publishe

A Educação para a Cidadania Democrática em Angola: O papel da Educação para a Cidadania no bem-estar. Estudo realizado com a comunidade da província de Luanda

We intend to characterize the sociodemographic profile of the resposibles for education or parents and the educational community of Luanda � Angola; understanding the importance given to Education for Citizenship and the levels of subjective well-being. We studied a sample of 1156 elements. As instruments of data collection we used a sociodemografphic questionnaire and the scale of Subjective Well-Being (EBE) of Albuquerque &. Tróccoli (2004). The results reveal that the parents and / or guardians considered the importance of education for citizenship, considering the family context, the church and school as sites potentially promoters of personal development and school children. The analysis of overall results Wellness, positive values were found in the two subscales; emphasizing that 4 questions (the questionnaire Community) were positively correlated with the index of Wellness - Feelings and Emotions and the index of Opinion about life itself.Pretendemos caracterizar o perfil sociodemográfico dos encarregados de educação ou pais e comunidade educativa da província de Luanda ¿ Angola; compreendendo-se a importância atribuída à Educação para a Cidadania e os níveis de bem-estar subjetivo. Estudámos uma amostra constituída por 1156 elementos. Como instrumentos de recolha de informação utilizamos um Questionário sociodemográfico e, também, a Escala de Bem-Estar Subjectivo (EBES) de Albuquerque e Tróccoli (2004). Os resultados revelam que os pais e/ou encarregados de educação atribuem importância à educação para a cidadania, considerando o contexto familiar, a igreja e a escola como locais, potencialmente, promotores do desenvolvimento pessoal e escolar das crianças. Os resultados globais de Bem-Estar apresentam valores positivos nas duas subescalas e 4 questões (do questionário da Comunidade) estavam correlacionadas positivamente com o índice de Bem-estar - Sentimentos e Emoções e com o índice de Opinião sobre a própria vida